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Surrey Landscape Character Assessment: Epsom and Ewell Borough Landscape Architecture Masterplanning Ecology Surrey Landscape Character Assessment: Epsom and Ewell Borough April 2015 hankinson duckett associates t 01491 838175 e [email protected] w www.hda-enviro.co.uk The Stables, Howbery Park, Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA Hankinson Duckett Associates Limited Registered in England & Wales 3462810 Registered Office: The Stables, Howbery Park, Benson Lane, Wallingford, OX10 8BA Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015 was prepared by Hankinson Duckett Associates (HDA), on behalf of Surrey County Council and the Surrey Planning Officers Association (SPOA). The study was jointly funded and supported by Natural England (NE), the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Board, and local Surrey planning authorities. The work has been guided by Charmaine Smith of Surrey County Council, assisted by John Edwards of Surrey County Council, Simon Elson of Surrey County Council, and with the support of Officers from the Surrey planning authorities; Rod Shaw: Mole Valley District Council, Paul Newdick: Tandridge District Council, Sophie Benazon, Catherine Rose and Elizabeth Walker: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, Matthew Ellis: Waverley Borough Council, Kay Richardson: Guildford Borough Council, Geoff Dawes: Spelthorne Borough Council, Richard Ford & Georgina Pacey: Runnymede Borough Council, Ernest Amoako: Woking Borough Council, Karol Jakubczyk: Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, and Clare Smith: Elmbridge Borough Council. The Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015 incorporates parts of the Guildford Landscape Character Assessment prepared in January 2007 by Guildford Borough Council and Land Use Consultants, modified as appropriate. Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough CONTENTS 1 Introduction page 1 2 Method Statement page 2 3 The Surrey Landscape page 4 4 Landscape Classification page 8 5 Index of Landscape Types and Character Areas page 11 6 Descriptions, Evaluation and Guidance of Landscape Types and Character Areas within Epsom and Ewell Borough page 19 Fgures Fig 1 Natural England National Character Areas Fig 2 Surrey Districts and Boroughs, AONBs and National Park Fig 3 Natural England National Character Areas and Landscape Typologies Fig 4 Solid Geology Fig 5 Drift Geology Fig 6 Flood Zones Fig 7 Nature Conservation Designations Fig 8 Ancient Woodland Fig 9 Historic Features Fig 10 Surrey Landscape Types Fig 11 Surrey Character Areas Fig 12 Epsom and Ewell Borough Character Areas Appendx A Surrey Biodiversity Opportunity Areas (BOAs) Map Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough Blank page v Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough . INTRODUCTION 1.1 Surrey County Council commissioned a review of the Landscape Character of Surrey, to provide a consistent landscape character assessment across the county of Surrey, that accords with current best practice and published guidance for the Landscape Character Assessment. This document contains the parts of the Surrey wide assessment which cover Epsom and Ewell Borough. Written in context with the county-wide Landscape Character Assessment 2015, there are likely to be references to locations outside of Epsom and Ewell Borough within this document. Background 1.2 In 1997, a landscape assessment was carried out entitled ‘The Future of Surrey’s Landscape and Woodlands’, which covered the Surrey County Council administrative boundary. The approach adopted was based on the 1995 landscape assessment guidance and the Countryside Character map of England (1997), and therefore predates the current guidance on character assessment. The assessment identified 25 County Landscape Areas nesting inside 7 of the National Countryside Character Areas (figure 1). Within the study, each national area was broadly described, with more detail provided for each County Landscape Areas grouped within the National Countryside Character Areas. 1.3 The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a nationally protected landscape which covers 422km² of the county (figure 2). It includes part of the North Downs and stretches from Farnham, in the west, around Guildford, Dorking, and Reigate, to Oxted, in the east. In 1998, a landscape character assessment was carried out for the Surrey Hills AONB. The character assessment drew upon the 1997 Surrey County Landscape Assessment and the landscape assessment ‘The Surrey Hills Landscape’ published by the Countryside Commission in 1998. It identified 13 local landscape character areas, the boundaries of which were derived from the earlier county assessments. 1.4 Since the county assessment and Surrey Hills AONB assessment have been completed, a National Landscape Typology has been developed (see figure 3) and was published in 2001 by the Countryside Agency (now Natural England). In some parts of the county, the 1997 Surrey county-wide assessment fits comfortably within the national landscape typology, for example in the North Downs, in other areas there are anomalies which result from the greater level of detail provided by the national typology assessment. 1.5 In 2002, the Countryside Agency (now Natural England) and Scottish Natural Heritage published its ‘Landscape Character Assessment Guidance for England and Scotland’. The assessment methodology contained within the 2002 guidance was subsequently reaffirmed by National England in October 2014 with publication of ‘An Approach to Landscape Character Assessment’, which incorporates the assessment processes set out in the 2002 guidance. 1.6 The county of Surrey is made up of 11 Districts and Boroughs. Individually, some districts and boroughs have undertaken landscape character assessments, employing various methodologies, a number of which pre-date the current guidance. Guildford Borough has recently published a series of comprehensive studies in line with Natural England’s guidance, which was originally set out in 2002. Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough Ams and Objectves of the Study 1.8 The landscape character assessment presented in this study, sits within the framework provided by the national landscape character areas and the national landscape typologies. The assessment draws on existing baseline information contained in the previous county assessment, the 1998 AONB assessment and management plan, and the existing District and Borough-wide landscape character assessments. 1.9 Landscape character assessment is a process by which the key characteristics of an area of landscape can be identified and which contribute to the sense of place of a locality. It is also a tool by which one can achieve an understanding of the landscape today and how it has changed over time. It is as an aid to decision making and the future management of the landscape. 1.10 Government guidance requires that Plans, including Local Development Frameworks should be “objective led”. To this end Landscape Character Assessment provides a clear statement of the landscape resource within a Plan area. The Surrey Landscape Character Assessment forms part of the evidence base from which development and management strategies can be derived, with particular reference to the conservation, enhancement or restoration of the landscape. This fulfils one of the core principles in national planning policy to recognise the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, and the requirement for Local Plans to include policies for the conservation and enhancement of the natural environment, including landscape. METHOD STATEMENT Introducton 2.1 The approach to this study followed best practice promoted by Natural England, as set out in the Landscape Character Assessment Guidance for England and Scotland (2002), and reaffirmed by Natural England’s 2014 ‘An Approach to Landscape Character Assessment’. 2.2 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has been used to collate and present the graphical data provided as paper mapping within this study. This data will be maintained by Surrey County Council. Public access to the landscape character assessment will be available electronically through county and relevant District/Borough websites. Stage : Desk Study/Revew 2.3 The initial desk study reviewed the existing landscape character assessments that cover the county. The national framework provided by the Character of England Map (Joint Character Areas) and the National Landscape Typology (landscape character types) set the overall context for the study. 2.4 The desk study also reviewed the physical and human influences that have shaped the landscape of the county. Physical influences (natural factors) include geology, soils, landform, drainage, and land cover, which, in turn, have a strong influence on patterns of human occupation and activity. The study also reviewed cultural/social factors such as patterns of settlement and land use, enclosure, and socio-economic and cultural traditions and influences and looked at current change in the landscape and the pressures for change acting on the landscapes of the county. Stage : Local Landscape Charactersaton 2.5 Overlays of baseline information were produced using GIS mapping for geology, soils, landform, drainage, land cover, environmental designations, land use and historic landscape types/areas Surrey Landscape Character Assessment 2015: Epsom and Ewell Borough (figures 4-9). Analysis of this range of data, covering
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